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COUNTRY OR CONTINENT RESPONDENTS, N (%) North America 474 (47.4) China 119 (11.9) India 136 (13.6) Other part of Asia 126 (12.6) Africa 15 (1.5) Europe 56 (5.6) Latin America 19 (1.9) Oceania, Australia, or New Zealand 15 (1.5) Middle East 36 (3.6) Unknown 3 (0.3) Total 999 (100.0) - Table 2
Use of contraception in the month of conception in immigrant and nonimmigrant women presenting for abortion: N = 903; not every question was answered by every woman.
CONTRACEPTION METHOD IMMIGRANTS, BY LENGTH OF TIME RESIDING IN CANADA, N (%) NONIMMIGRANTS (N = 439), N (%) P VALUE < 5 Y (N = 174) ≥ 5 Y (N = 290) Hormonal contraception 20 (11.5) 38 (13.1) 103 (23.5) < .001 Condoms 52 (29.9) 88 (30.3) 131 (29.8) .9 Withdrawal 56 (32.2) 93 (32.1) 146 (33.3) .9 Counting safe days 55 (31.6) 73 (25.2) 64 (14.6) < .001 Intrauterine devices 2 (1.1) 4 (1.4) 10 (2.3) .5 Nothing 41 (23.6) 69 (23.8) 100 (22.8) .74 - Table 3
Use of and attitudes toward hormonal and intrauterine contraception among immigrants and nonimmigrants: N = 840; not every question was answered by every woman.
QUESTION IMMIGRANTS, BY LENGTH OF TIME RESIDING IN CANADA, N (%) NONIMMIGRANTS (N = 466), N (%) P VALUE < 5 Y (N = 127) ≥ 5 Y (N = 247) Ever used hormonal contraception 94 (50.3) 219 (65.6) 433 (92.9) < .001 Concerned that hormonal contraception is not healthy 86 (67.7) 148 (59.9) 210 (51.6) < .003 Ever used intrauterine device 16 (9.2) 47 (14.6) 62 (13.4) .22 Fear of intrauterine device 66 (55.5) 139 (57.4) 184 (48.9) .10 Problems obtaining contraception 43 (26.9) 67 (23.7) 68 (15.3) .001 - Table 4
Problems with previous use of hormonal contraception: N = 741; this only includes those women with hormonal contraceptive experience.
PROBLEM IMMIGRANTS (N = 308), N (%) NONIMMIGRANTS (N = 433), N (%) P VALUE Weight gain 95 (30.8) 208 (47.8) < .001 Irritable or moody 89 (28.9) 191 (43.9) < .001 Headaches 53 (17.2) 110 (25.3) .008 Nausea 54 (17.5) 103 (23.7) .043 Decreased interest in sex 51 (16.6) 103 (23.7) .018 Irregular bleeding 40 (13.0) 91 (20.9) .006 - Table 5
Barriers to accessing contraception: N = 895; not every question was answered by every woman.
BARRIER IMMIGRANTS (N = 451), N (%) NONIMMIGRANTS (N = 444), N (%) P VALUE Any problems getting birth control 112 (24.8) 68 (15.3) < .001 Did not know about it 31 (29.5) 4 (5.9) < .001 Did not know where to get it 10 (9.5) 5 (7.4) .62 Not enough money to buy it 11 (10.5) 43 (63.2) < .001 No doctor for prescriptions 12 (11.4) 10 (14.7) .64 Too busy (inconvenient to get it) 36 (34.3) 27 (39.7) .519
